#53559B#53559B

#53559B is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.107; OKLCH L 48.2% C 0.111 H 280.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53559B
RGB	rgb(83, 85, 155)
HSL	hsl(238, 30%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(238, 46%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.5%, 45.2%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.07, 18.43, -38.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.07, 42.75, 295.55°)
OKLab	oklab(48.19% 0.0195 -0.1092)
OKLCH	oklch(48.19% 0.111 280.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.7304, 10.7019, 32.3989)
Luminance	0.1070 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53559B #9B9953

analogous

#53799B #53559B #75539B

triadic

#53559B #9B5355 #559B53

tetradic

#53559B #9B5379 #9B9953 #539B75

square

#53559B #9B5379 #9B9953 #539B75

split-complementary

#53559B #9B7553 #799B53

monochromatic

#28294B #3E3F73 #53559B #7677B5 #9E9FCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.69

#53559B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.14

#53559B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #53559B

6.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53559B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##53559B	1.00	6.69	3.14	6.69
#FFFFFF	6.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3A5F9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#355999

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B6470

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53559b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 85, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.2% 0.111 280.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8784b9',
    500: '#53559b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53559b;
$custom-light: #8784b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53559b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.333,
    "s": 30.252,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4819,
    "c": 0.11095,
    "h": 280.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.10703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53559B

secondary

#B8B792

accent

#C461C6

background

#F8F8FB

surface

#F0EFF6

border

#CBCAD0

text

#0C0B11

muted

#7D7C80

Preview Lab

Preview with #53559B

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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